Jake Charles Rees
Jake Charles Rees is a curator and Head of the Logan Programme. In this role he manages the Source Protection Programme for the CIJ, as well as the biannual Logan Symposium, Closed Circuit webtv series and Logan Talks public lecture programme. Outside of his work for the CIJ, Jake was an inaugural fellow at the AKO Storytelling Institute at the University of the Arts in London (UAL), and teaches journalism to artists, designers and film-makers at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague (KABK), University of Fine Arts (HfBK), Dresden and UAL.
Summer Conference Event
— Keynote
26 June 2026
Catrin Nye: On investigating cults, and being harassed by them.
Following an investigation into a lifecoaching organisation called Lighthouse for a BBC podcast, the investigative reporter was shocked to find Lighthouse members turning up on her doorstep seeking to intimidate her.
Past courses
Talks and Screenings
— #LOGANCIJ
11 April 2018
Film screening: Disaster Capitalism + Q&A
This years OXFAM scandal brought to light some serious questions for the international development community. At a time when aid agencies and charities are prone to seemingly widespread sexual abuse and impropriety, best-selling author and journalist Antony Loewenstein’s latest film Disaster Capitalism investigates whether the industry is exploiting development and aid funds to profiteer from growing inequality and poverty.
Jake Charles Rees
Logan Curator at The Centre for Investigative Journalism